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We the undersigned stand in solidarity with the journal ?Third World Quarterly and its editor-in-chief. Those of us not already involved with the journal stand ready to support it, including potentially to replace colleagues who recently resigned from the editorial board in protest over an article arguing in favour of colonialism ( ¡°Pro-colonialism paper outcry prompts author ?to ¡®request withdrawal¡¯¡± , News, 22 September 2017).

We offer this support in defence of the principles of freedom of speech and academic freedom, the collective interests of the profession as a whole and the right of editors, journals and presses to publish any work ¨C however controversial ¨C that, in their view, merits exposure and debate.

We are alarmed by the censorious attitudes and campaigns directed at Third World Quarterly and its editor-in-chief. We see this as part of a wider and increasingly serious problem: a rising tide of intolerance on campuses and in the academic profession, with certain scholars and students seeking to close down perspectives with which they disagree, rather than debating them openly. In this instance, the campaign culminated in ¡°serious and credible threats of personal violence¡±, leading to the article being ¡°withdrawn at the request of the academic journal editor, and in agreement with the author¡± (Taylor & Francis statement). Threats of violence have no place in the academy and we condemn such actions unequivocally.

In an era of collective challenges, the academy ¨C and through it, wider society ¨C needs open, frank and vigorous debate more than ever. Third World Quarterly has been at the leading edge of debates on the developing world for nearly 40 years. We are determined that it shall continue to be.

Lee Jones, Queen Mary 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Philip Cunliffe, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent and editor of?International Peacekeeping
Prof Thomas G. Weiss, City 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of New York and TWQ editorial board member
Prof David S.G. Goodman, Xi¡¯an Jiaotong-Liverpool 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and TWQ editorial board member
Prof Peter Uvin, Claremont McKenna College and TWQ editorial board member
Prof Anthony Payne, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sheffield and TWQ editorial board member
Prof Arturo Valenzuela, Georgetown 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and TWQ editorial board member
Prof Barry Gills, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Helsinki and TWQ editorial board member
Prof Christopher Clapham, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cambridge and TWQ editorial board member
Prof Michael Klare, Hampshire College and TWQ editorial board member
Dr Nicolas Lemay-H¨¦bert, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Birmingham and editor, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Prof Ami Pedahzur, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Texas at Austin and associate editor, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Prof M.L.R. Smith, King's College London and editorial board member, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Prof James Dreier, Brown 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and associate editor, Ethics
Prof Randall Schweller, Ohio State 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Editor-in-Chief, Security Studies
Prof Leigh Jenco, LSE and Associate Editor, American Political Science Review
Prof Anand Menon, Kings College London and Co-Editor, West European Politics
Prof Ken Booth, Aberystwyth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, co-editor, International Relations
Prof David Farrell, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College Dublin and co-editor, Party Politics
Prof Emeritus Eldon J. Eisenach, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Tulsa and editorial board member, Studies in American Political Development and Consulting Editor, History of Political Thought
Prof Ramesh Thakur, Australian National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Editor-in-Chief, Global Governance
Prof William J. FitzPatrick, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Rochester and Associate Editor, Ethics
Prof Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Co-editor, Democratization
Prof Richard Bellamy, European 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Institute and Editor, Contemporary Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Prof Fabio Franchino, Universit¨¤ degli Studi di Milano and Editor, Italian Political Science Review
Prof Emeritus Conal Condren, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Queensland and consulting editor, History of Political Thought and International Editorial Board member, Parergon
Prof Shaun Breslin, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Warwick and Co-Editor, The Pacific Review
Prof Adam Fagan, Queen Mary 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London and co-editor, East European Politics
Prof Petr Kopecky, Leiden 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and co-editor, East European Politics
Prof Christopher Kam, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of British Columbia and Co-Editor, Legislative Studies Quarterly
Prof Daniel H. Nexon, Georgetown 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Dr James Heartfield, independent scholar
Prof Erik Voeten, Georgetown 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof Dennis Hayes, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby and Director, Academics For Academic Freedom
Dr Richard Heffernan, Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Dr Kevin Gray, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex
Dr Suke Wolton, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford
Dr. Samuele Dominioni, FIW Bonn
Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby
Dr Joanna Williams, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Prof Peter Ramsay, London School of Economics
Dr Timothy Bradshaw, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford
Dr Tara McCormack, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester
Dr Vanessa Pupavac, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham
Richard Harris, formerly Director of Teacher Education, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hull
Dr Fabio Scarpello, independent scholar
Ralph Leighton, Canterbury Christ Church 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Courtney Hamilton, writer on race and anti-racism
Robin Oberg, PhD student, Exeter 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof William Bain, National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Singapore and co-editor, International Relations
Prof Carole Pateman UCLA and Associate Editor, Journal of Political Philosophy
Dr Shahar Hameiri, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Queensland
Dr Nikos Sotirakopoulos, Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof Charles Antaki, Loughborough 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Dr Eleni Tracada, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Derby
Dr Tom Chodor, Monash 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Emeritus Professor Barry Carr, La Trobe 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof Stig Jarle Hansen, NMBU
Dr Enzo Rossi, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Amsterdam and co-editor, European Journal of Political Theory
Prof Philip Hammond, London South Bank 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Christopher Lynch, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Warwick and associate editor, Convocamus
Natalie Dinham, Student MSc. Global Studies, The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Gothenburg
Dr Christopher Bickerton, Cambridge 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof David Richards, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester
Robert A.E. Wilson, PhD Student, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Dr Pak K. Lee, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Dr Andrew Calcutt, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of East London
Prof Ismene Gizelis, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex
Prof Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Essex and co-editor, Research and Politics
Prof Matthew Goodwin, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Emeritus Professor Chris Brown, London School of Economics
Emeritus Prof Frank Furedi, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Prof Patrick James, USC
Dr Maren Thom, Queen Mary 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London
Dr Christine Cheng, King's College London
Dr David Maher, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford
Prof Andrea Ruggeri, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford
Prof Maria Grasso, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sheffield
Camille Merlen, PhD Candidate, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent
Prof Alex Gourevitch, Brown 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof John Tomasi, Brown 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Prof Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Bloomington

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